Stuffing

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You can’t have a roast bird without stuffing. I have tried long and hard to find plastic free ready-made but it eludes me so now I make my own… heres how…

First I got the recipes and they all call for breadcrumbs. Breadcrumbs what? How? Where do I get plastic free crumbs from?Any smart buggers out there can keep their sarcastic comments to themselves.

Google time later and I can tell you its easy – stale bread + food processor or cheese grater and they can be kept in the freezer so you always have some on hand.

Actually what I did is put some not really stale wholemeal bread buns, plastic free from the bakers, in the oven, dried them out and crumbled them up.

Ok now its time for that really good stuffing.

This is a recipe

1 onion, peeled and finely chopped

1 dollop of olive oil 

Some  fresh sage, finely chopped  – from the garden

80g/3oz fresh white breadcrumbs

salt

pepper

1 egg, beaten – bought in a cardboard box refilled at the cheese stall, Huddersfield Market

 

I had no scales so I guessed the amounts. Fried the onions, used an egg,  some oil and added an egg to bind it all together. Shoved it in the oven at god knows what heat. Served with bird….. and it was really good.

I will never buying stuffing again.

For more  try the plastic free cook book here

 

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Greetings cards

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Cards  have been the bane of my life , (I mean greeting cards not gambling  – that’s all in the past), as many come wrapped in icky plastic. So what are the alternatives?

E-cards

I love my friends but I love the planet – what to do.  I know you can send e cards but that’s just mean. No cards = no mates in my shallow social circles….

Unwrapped Cards

Look harder….there are unwrapped cards available. The post office in Marsh, Huddersfield sells them loose, and our Tescos had a lot of  unwrapped cards… which surprised me. So, I heard, does Hallmark.

On Line – Amnesty

2018 Got my Christmas cards from Amnesty International. (www.amnesty.org) Lovely cards on sustainable cardboard and advertised as plastic free. By which they mean they have used a compostable plastic. They arrived in a crinkly plastic bag which looks like cellophane to me. There was no identifying label which was rather a shame.

They have others that aren’t so Yuletide.

Responsibly Made Cards

but if you can’t find what you want, try Etsy – art cards in compostable PLA cornstarch bags.
Check these out Bradford based company – Great Valentines day cards and plastic free  good loving.
Read the blurb….
100% RECYCLED WITH BIO-DEGRADABLE CLEAR BAG Printed on 100% recycled smooth white board. Each card comes with 100% recycled C6 brown craft paper envelope inside a clear bio-degradable bag. The bag is made from corn starch which is fully bio-degradable and compostable, breaking down to just CO2 and H2O – as green as you can get! Dig The Earth!

Print Your Own Cards
You can find downloadable art work for sale on Etsy or try Mrs Thriftes Free Printables Pinterest Page

Make Your Own Card 
Nice ….but sadly crafts are plasticky what with the glue,  felt tips, glitter and packaging.

More

Read more about plastic free presents, gift wrap , special days and parties right here

Composting Compostable Plastic

Many people say that bioplastics cannot be composted at home. They are wrong. I have composted cellophane in my own compost bin.You can read more about cellophane and composting compostable plastics over at the blog.#ukplasticfreeproducts

Plant derived and compostable, one of the first plastics made. Sounds great but comes with its own environmental impact. What is cellophane? Read more here.

Here are the PLA cornstarch and cellulose compostable plastic products I have composted in my back yard bin. They said it couldn’t be done Mwahahahaha! Read more here.

N.B.

lines changes, products get removed. For more information why not ask the Plastic Is Rubbish FB group for updates. They are a great source of tidbits, personal experience and the latest news. Why not join them and share the plastic free love x

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